The Toffees midfielder has been linked with a £20m move to ­Chelsea since making his ­England debut last month against Spain.

And he has also attracted ­interest from Manchester United after firmly cementing his place in Moyes’ starting line-up.

The Toffees boss insists ­Rodwell’s immediate future is at Everton, where he is guaranteed a first-team spot between now and Euro 2012 if he remains in form.

But Moyes, who denied any ­contact from Chelsea over ­Rodwell, 20, believes he could face a battle to stop the player ­following Mikel Arteta out of the club in the future.

And the Scot, whose side ­entertain Swansea tonight, said: “We don’t want to be seen as a club which is preparing players for other clubs, I certainly don’t. David Moyes wants to be making sure that we have a team that is competing but obviously the ­players want to be successful.

“They want to be winning things and playing in teams that are winning games.

“And that’s always something I need to consider as well.

“There was a bit of speculation about Jack in the summer as well.

“Nothing came of it and I’m just looking at this one as a ­similar sort of speculation. ­Hopefully, nothing will come of this one either.”

Moyes is desperate to ­strengthen his squad next month, but is ­unsure whether his team will be stronger when the transfer ­window ­closes.

Everton have already secured the services of forward ­Landon Donovan, 29, on loan and Moyes also wants a striker to solve his side’s worrying lack of goals.

He added: “It’s not a good ­market in January, but we’ll be looking out.”